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This looks great! the use of both windows and android is a big +. Its light weight, thin and very good screen resolutions all are too. Battery life may let it down, but if it doesn't, more than likely Samsung's best product; and for that reason, its going to be expensive. Would definitely consider buying if under a grand. But i reckon £1299 maybe after a month trading £1199. A1 product this!Reply

Sounds like Samsung still has work to do on the hardware as well as the OS to OS integration from the sounds of it. Microsoft needs to get the resolution scaling right with 8.1 as well as the various other tweaks they've discussed to date.

I think this is a good sign though. Everyone is doing what they can with what they have available to them. Progress, however imperfect, is better than not doing anything.Reply

Trying to think of an Android App I would want to run on a tablet that does not have a better Windows alternative or could simply be done in a real web browser. Not coming up with anything. Maybe a couple games, but if that 4400HD is better then a 4000HD, then it should be capable of 1600x900 gaming. Real games, not Fruit Ninja.Reply

How about Instagram? Not on Windows 8, and last time I checked you couldn't even create an IG account via the web. Also there are lots of nice mobile games that doesn't exist for Win8. Then there are specialty apps for Home Automation and such that are far more prevalent on Android. Etc, etc.Reply

Yeah Im scratching my head at that. 3840x2160 at 27inch just a display, $3799, 3800x1600 at 13.3inch + Intel SOC, Mobo, Ram.... and you know it's not going to get above $1500 at the low end. Desktop users are getting shafted. Reply

Its more complicated and expensive to produce larger screens, and with any new technology this can easily come down to "too expensive" for a lot of products. We are likely looking into 500$ worth of a 13" screen here, which barely works for a high-class notebook. On the other hand, a large screen for 3k$ or more might also attract some enthusiast early adopters. A 1500$ 24" screen will most likely not find any buyer at all, so don't expect those things to come until the screen suppliers have significantly improved their high-DPI process.Reply

1024 pressure levels going by other s-pen devices, so the same as the Surface Pro. In the conference I seem to recall them mentioning it worked in Photoshop, so yes, in that case it's fully compatible with Windows too.Reply

Excellent news then. Better pen support than the Vaio Duo 13, which certainly sets it high on my list. On the other hand it -seems- to be missing a couple features though, like GPS and SIM card slot. Parhaps those were simply not mentioned on the conference, although I have not seen any SIM card slot on any pictures yet. Also, wish they allow certain customization options to get an i7 Haswell in itReply

This device is very tempting, but I don't like the fact that it uses mini-hdmi. I don't see why you wouldn't just use mini-displayport at that point. I have a Dell U2713hm. As far as I can tell it only accepts 1080 over hdmi, as opposed to the full 1440. Is there any way to dongle a mini-hdmi port up to a full displayport or dual-link dvi? If not I will just have to cross my fingers hoping for a Haswell Surface Pro.Reply

Mini-HDMI supports the HDMI 1.3 spec, which can support 1600p60. Your problem lies specifically with your monitor, as DELL decided not to support the full resolution on HDMI for the U2713HM, for reasons unknown. The U2713H does support full resolution over HDMI, but comes at a significantly higher price.Reply

We are finally getting close to fulfilling the converged device hopes and dreams that Windows 8 teased us with but failed to deliver, both due to the software not really being ready and arriving one generation too early on the hardware side. And while many of us had long suspected we'd see proper uber high res support in the next Windows release, the (otherwise oddball) quad 1600x900 resolution is as good as written confirmation from Ballmer. Like others have said, I'd love to see GT3 in this, but I can't get everything I want. I'd also like to see a transformer style form factor in the 10"-11" range with extra battery capacity in the keyboard dock.Reply

Someone expressed their disapointment about the screen ratio ATIV Book 9 Plus being 16:9 and I have to agree. In fact, it is one of my biggest gripes about displays. Microsoft are talking up the "content creation" advantage that Windows 8 has over IOS and Android, and yet they mandate a screen ratio that is all about "content consumption". The only value of the 16:9 ratio is that it fits movies perfectly. The rest of the time it totally sucks.Reply

+1 great question. One of the keys to a great convertible will be the ability to not hear fans in your tablet. When I try Windows 8 tablets with a fan for some reason it's much more annoying than when it happens on my laptop. Psychology? I don't know but it's a factor.Reply

Oh God, even Anandtech doesn't mention the "real" clock speeds of Intel's chips anymore. Intel has completely managed to mislead the whole tech media. They should be called what they are "1.6 Ghz chips" or whatever their speed is now, not "2.6 Ghz chips".

Also running Android in a VM is so stupid, you'd be better off not having the option at all.Reply

what would be stupid is limiting how many Android VMs we can run...now that fits the typical MS stupid exactly. I saw allow them until the I/O, RAM and or CPU choke.give us an Android cluster to fool with dudes.Reply

What nags me, is that it only has 4GB RAM. For a general purpose computer, that's very, very little, even if you have an SSD and are not too dependent on cache.But even in light usage, I normally hit about 6 GB of memory used by programs on my laptop (that's a few browser tabs, a bit of pdf, a few editors, mail, and at worst two or three photoshop files, a bibliography manager - basically what you need to create a poster or document), which makes context switching just horribly slow.Especially considering that you'll be doing some high resolution photoshop drawing on this thing as one of the primary usages, I'm worried that even 8 GB would be barely enough.

If it had 8GB it would be a decent competitor to the Thinkpad Helix though. While the screen res of the Helix is fine, more is better, and the HD 4400 graphics should be a mild improvement over the HD4000 graphics in the Thinkpad, especially when using an external screen.

It seems that 2013 is at last the year of the rebirth of the convertible, now in an ultrabook form factor.Reply

Should Apple be worried that people like me who own an iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro, still find this kind of product with MS/Google software really compelling? What the heck are they thinking not having a convertible strategy or product? At a minimum, why doesn't apple enable touch on existing laptops. Touch on laptops sounds silly but turns out in practice to have a lot of usage scenarios.Reply

While I understand the pleasant portability of 13.3" display, I wonder why a resolution of 3200x1800 shows up first at 13.3", and not 15"+ (or better 17"). Put those pixels to work giving us a super sharp 17" screen.Reply

Army Knife (continued)our tech can use a device like this to get a lot of work anduseful stuff done so we'll buy one and test it soonI always wondered why these multicore CPU's didn'tassign a core to a particular O/S and let them worktogether.does anyone know how the Android stuff works with thoseWin 8 ports? [...Hidden in the display hinge is a USB 3.0 port, micro HDMI and a micro SD card reader...]if I get a decent file system utility in Android with legs into thehardware which Windows uses, that's a win. Reply

Why cripple this great device with only 4GB of RAM? I canceled my order for a Duo 13 to get this but there is no way I am getting this with 4 GB of RAM. Who created this incredible laptop and then thought let's give them only 4GB of RAM just to make sure no one can do any serious multitasking with that 3200X1800 display?

I am amazed Samsung has no clue about the target market for this laptop. The retarded 4GB of RAM is going to turn off most professionals and power users who would pay about $1500 or more for a laptop with such a radical new design. Most casual users who would not care about the 4GB of RAM likely will not be paying what this laptop is likely going to go on sale for.

Add 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD and I will pay $2,000 for this or whatever Samsung wants for this. There is a huge market of professionals who would but this laptop if it is not crippled with only 4GB of RAM.Reply

This would be an excellent work and play item if done right. We don't exactly know about upgrade options as yet. However, I would certainly pay for an i7 quad core, 8GB Ram, 256GB SSD and as a Hybrid device I wouldn't mind a 3G/4G Cellular dual sim capability thrown in (as long as I'm doing a wish list). All of which may make this into a must have for the professional or traveler.

One has to remember that you'd lose at least 10% of space in O/S's in a 128GB SSD. Plus any other program/systems one wanted to add, that quickly mounts up in diminished usable space.

It's all well and fine to have a cheaper base, but the professional market out there is no small biscuit either.Reply

Why did Samsung cripple the ATIV Q by only including 4GB of RAM? I canceled my order for a Vaio Duo 13 to buy the ATIV Q when it was announced and I am so utterly disappointed with the measly 4GB of RAM. Who is the target market for this for Samsung? This is sold at a premium price and appeals to business and power users but why would you cripple arguably the best tablet ever created by only including 4GB of RAM? The lack of RAM is going to turn off most potential buyers of this tablet. 4GB of RAM is now standard on the cheapest laptop you can buy for 1/3 the price. Does Samsung really not want the ATIV Q to be a success by crippling it with only 4GB of RAM? The competing Duo 13 can be ordered with 8GB, i7, and 512GB SSD and the ATIV Q maxes out at 4GB, i5, and 256 SSD. What a shame that I am likely going to buy the Duo 13 as I absolutely need 8GB of RAM for work and multitasking.Reply